Use 1 1/2 cups brown sugarTold you I have one cookie for every occasion!

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I also have a monstrous announcement: I am thrilled to have received the Versatile Blogger Award from Kristina of Whipped Baking! Have you visited this baking queen? No? Then you have severley deprived your senses – every dish and dessert makes me want to catch a plane and ‘drop in for a visit’ :D
Thank you so much Kristina!!!

Defining this award: “It is a great way to introduce different bloggers to each other and to promote quality blogs that awardees and their readers may not have discovered otherwise.”

Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.

Ok so 7 more things about me – I must be boring you all so much with my life story ;)

I was initially doing to call this blog ‘Creme de la Creme’ but thought it was too fancy for someone like me

I have never once chopped onions without crying – what is the secret??!!!

I know what a pneumatophore is. Sorry but knowing what a word like that is just cool – It’s part of the mangrove tree which sits upright above the water and allows air to diffuse through it and travel to the trunk roots of the tree, providing oxygen :D

I do not know how to catch a train on my own as I learnt yesterday :P – I am a bus girl!

Sometimes I still have softtoys around me when I sleep (shh…)

I am not fond of pretzel M&Ms (don’t kill me!)

If there was one thing in the world I would want to get rid of, it would be mushrooms… ew.

So goooood, now you know a little more about my electifrying personality :D
Now I want to know about these fabulously versatile bloggers: I award this award to:

Collosal cookies and ingredients! I’m officially in love with your caramel sauce though and home made to boot! Wish I had some right now! Sadly it’s breakfast time here and caramel sauce does not maketh a good breakfast! But another time though…

Oh my, all the variations you have supplied me with on these cookies! My friend sent me a recipe for Compost Cookies (you may recall I made them) AKA Garbage cookies, and I was like who the heck wants to eat that? Then once you do eat them, you totally get it. Can’t wait to try some of these fab combinations. Also, Monsters, Inc. is one of my favorite movies and these pix just made me smile :)

Haha that’s a new one garbage cookies ;)
But yes I do remember seeing them on your site though now I will go back again :D
And I totally agree! Because they are full of everything it gives you a great excuse to enjoy :)
Thank you!

haha I could seriously live off of monster cookies, there is everything I ever need smushed into those things :) Thanks so much for the kind thoughts!! You are one of my favorite blogs to check out, I can’t get enough of your baked goodies! More than happy to nominate you! Hope you’re having a great week :)

Me too right? What goodness isn’t in monster cookies :D
Thanks again for the award my friend – I cannot tell you how much it brightens up my day! And I can say the same for you – every post you put out I devour with eyes :)
Have a great upcoming weekend my friend!

Are you kidding me? Wow! Thank you so much my sweet dear girl!!!! I have been out of town and recovering from too much fun in New Orleans and have just learned of my award. I am so so thrilled so thank you so much! Congrats to you as well, you know I believe you deserve it. Love your monstrous post…….as always! Thanks again, I will get this posted very soon!

Goodness gracious! I think you’re trying to kill us all with sugar, these cookies all look so amazing. Peanut M&Ms are one of my favorite guilty pleasures…how come I never thought to put them in cookies?? Duh (smacking my head with the palm of my hand)! Thanks for another awesome sweet tooth indulgence!

No no never kill you all, just show you the sweeter parts of life ;)
And my friend, peanut M&Ms are literally able to go in any dessert – eating ice cream? Top with them. Baking butter cake? Toss in a few :D
Good thing you will remember them now hiding away in your pantry!
Thanks for enjoying :)

Haha thank you :D
And cookies are definitely one of the first choices :)
And yes I think if you want to get all those elements together the best way to do it to make a millionaires shortbreadhttp://theenglishkitchen.blogspot.com.au/2009/09/millionaires-shortbread.html
But sub dessicated coconut in for half the plain flour :)
If you want cookie cookie, make chocolate cookies, subbing 1/3 plain flour with coconut and wrapping around a tool :D

I just love this cookie.. it’s talking to me and telling me to make this lol. And I loved Monsters Inc… great cartoon movie. Congrats are also in order for winning this award.. you definitely deserve it :). And congrats to all the other winners as well :)

I just love M & Ms in cookies…and I absolutely love Monsters Inc. Boo is so adorable and reminds me of my daughter. So, this post makes me smile. :D Thank you so much for the award. You are so kind to me. I so appreciate it.

Oh my gosh, this is such a delightful post!!! Did you guess that I answered “D”? I’m feeling my waist growing by the inch, so I had to choose D for sure! Lots of great recipes and combinations!! Thanks for sharing!!!

“Step Away from the Remote Cookies” sound fabulous, i really need to incorporate popcorn into one of my cookies next time! Congrats on the award and I love all of your variations of the Monster cookies…much better of a name then kitchen sink…agree-it sounds gross!

Congratulations with yet another award! You deserved it.
About those cookies: Damn, girl! These are some bonkers cookies!
I’m afraid I’ll turn into a 500 kg monster when I start baking those… I don’t share my cookies. Especially not when they’re looking like this. Hmmmm….

I remember watching Monster Inc :) It was so funny hahahaa ~ so cute and if Monsters are like these cookies I think I love monsters hahaha these look amazing even though I’m not a fan of peanut butter I still want to eat it! Thanks for sharing :D

I think the name monster cookies is very apt! Lots of goodies in them cookies.
Congratulations on the award! I too cry when cutting onions – BIT TIME and have found the ONLY thing that helps is to keep your onions in the fridge and cut them while they are cold. Hope it helps. :-) Mandy

Oh my heavens! Those cookies are Monstrously awesome! Congrats on the award. I loved learning a bit about you since we just “met.” I wish I knew the secret of onions and crying. Has any one mentioned putting them in the freezer for a while?

Aww thank you :D
You’re so monstrously awesome! Haha and I love the concept of ‘blogger buddies’ – it rocks!
That is a good idea – freezer for like 5 minutes might freeze its chemical release which stings our eyes (wow science is handy ;))
Enjoy!

First of all Congratulations on receiving the awards, my friend!You totally deserve it!You never fail to impress me with your amazing love for baking at such a young age and that too by being so so creative with your cookies and desserts,Especially to someone like me who’s still learning to bake properly!
I love your Monster Cookie variations here and Thank you so much for passing on the award to me.That’s very thoughtful of you my friend!Hope you’re enjoying your weekend :)

Thank you my friend – your kind words have made my day! And I have seen your desserts you are a fabulous chef :D
And an allrounded one (ever seen me make daal? ;))
I am really happy you liked the monster cookies and its variations! And it was my pleasure to give the award to someone as deserving as you – have a wonderful weekend :)

Absolutely wonderful looking cookies. Don’t the M&Ms give them such great colour! And who doesn’t love Monsters Inc – that movie’s a great favourite in this house. And I’ll look forward to checking out the blogs you’ve awarded xx

Thank you so much – and most deifnitely I agree with both the M&Ms and Monsters Inc :D
I have not actually seen it for a while now but the concept is so cute!
Have fun my friend – they are all brilliant :)

Oh you are so incredibly creative with all of these cookie variations. Congratulations on your much deserved award. Your joy of baking comes though in every post and never fails to inspire me! You have a wonderful way of sharing your enthusiasm with your readers and this is always such a fun place to visit.

Thank you very much for such sweet words on both counts my friend :D
I am truly touched that you enjoy my writing so much and that I am able to get you excited about baking and good food!
It means a lot to me :)

Congrats on the Versatile blog award and thats nice receiving these awards. I am loving the story on the monsters and that monster, ooops!!! I mean the large cookies with the colorful M&M. You are tempting me with another recipe of using M&M into baking. I am going to try one but something very simple and easy and yes, thanks for this wonderful recipe with the colorful M&M.

Kitchen sink cookies are always a way to clean out all those extra hand fulls of candies and chips in the fridge. I love all the variety you suggested here!
Congrats on the award and have an awesome weekend!

I know right? Better than just eating them by handfuls (I mean, um, nope handfuls ;))
Thank you so much my friend :D
And I am very happy you liked all the different cookie types!
Hope you too have a relaxing weekend!

Monster cookies are one cookie I alway shave meant to try but haven’t gotten around to it. What is wrong with me?! lol Congrats on your blog award. I don’t like pretzel M&Ms either…but I love shrooms! :)

Thank you for the Versatile Blogger Award and all of the monster cookie variations — this was quite a post! And congratulations on your own award and your immense creativity and versatility with sweet things.

First of all….these cookies look amazing! I think I like the original recipe the best or even the nutella…(though at this point maybe I should be making the ‘Sonny bring me my walking stick version! Ha!). Congratulations on your well deserved award. Your blog is lovely, your writing style is so wonderful and entertaining and your recipes are always outstanding! And I wanted to thank you so much for passing this on to me. I really am so flattered that you thought of me! Hope you have a FABULOUS weekend! : )

Thank you so much for enjoying this post :D – I am really glad yoou liked the versions (even the elderly one ;))
And I am flattered you like my writing style – I love amusing you all :)
It was my pleasure to pass on this award to someone as talented as you my friend – have a fantastic weekend :D

Congrats on the award, well deserved! I have never tried the pretzel M&M’s! I know I should probably try them as I think they sound delicious. My mom told me that when I chop onions to turn the sink on cold. So, when I start to feel the tears well up I run over and turn the sink on and put my hands in the water and it works! You could also wear swim goggles ;)

Haha thank you :D
And I thoght the same thing but when I trie d the M&M fell flat on my face :P
Thank you for the onion tips – hope it works :D
And swim goggles in the kitchen – newest fashion trend ;)

OOhh!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane with the Monsters, Inc memories. I loved watching that movie with my kids! And the description “monster” is apt for the beauties.
Congrats on the well deserved award as well, and i”m with you on the pretzel m&m’s… blech. Mushrooms though, I have an issue with that, though I didn’t like them at your age either and my mom insisted on putting them in nearly everything. Now I love them!
Thanks for your wonderful comments. I love thinking of you on the other side of the world!

Thank you my friend your comment is most sweet :D
I too love Monsters Inc (thus my inspiration!) and I certainly avoid mushrooms at all costs :P – Always telling mum to take them out of my pizza ;)
Maybe one day I will see the mushroom light :)
Have a wonderful weekend my friend and have lots of fun!

Ohhh thank you for that – I wear conacts too so now I know what to do :D
I am so happy you enjoyed the cookies and their variations – hae fune eating, I mean sharing, nope, eating, them ;)
Hope you too have a fun weekend!

Oh man I want to try each version but have to say the M&M’s anc caramel chocolate candies in a MONSTER cookie sound too good to be true. Great post, love your sense of humor. Have a great weekend and happy baking!

“Woo haaa haaa woo haaa” that was my monster laugh! I love how you always build up the excitement and over the top indulgence in your recipes. Always bring a smile to my face. Wishing you a very fun and relaxing weekend. Take care, BAM

LOL :D – Your laugh is quite monstrous there ;)
Aww thank you – I love entertaining you guys (and I agree, over the top indulgence is truly the best way to describe anything I post :P)
Hope you too have a wonderful fun weekend!

Haha I think mine too (though the nutella may give them a run for their money :))
Thank you so much my friend :D
And you can totally bake (much better than me!) so I am in real trouble everytime I visit you ;)

First of all congratulations to you on receiving your award!! I think it is utterly well deserved and you impress me every day with your wonderful recipes and cheery posts. Thank you so much for also honoring me with this award!! I am so happy we have been able to connect over our love of recipes. :) I am still amazed at how capable and awesome you are at baking! I still can’t bake that well and you are light years ahead of me. :) Consider me a late bloomer. These monster cookies look perfect and I have two cookie monsters at home that would devour them. I have seen Monsters Inc…. maybe 50x because my kids love the movie. Of course I loved the movie before I even had any kids. LOL! Thanks again my friend for the award! Have a great weekend! ~ Ramona

You are so sweet my friend – thank you so much for so many kind words :D
And I am so happy you deserve this award – I cannot allow you to call yourself a late bloomer because form your posts there is definite cooking magic in your hands! I am still an amateur in comparison to your wonderful skills :)
I hope your monster cookies enjoy these while reliving monster inc ;)
I think I have seen it 10 times :P
Enjoy your weekend!

THANK YOU (that was a monstrous-sized thank you, not shouting…) :) for the Monster Cookie variations — your imagination and baking skills are running wild and I love it! All of them sound good to me (even the ‘elderly’ version, hee hee!) — M & M’s are terrific in OR out of cookies — and I agree with ya on the pretzel kind………

Also, many thanks for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award — much appreciated. It’s a joy reading your blog and I’ll have fun passing it along with a link to YOU! Thanks again!

Haha YOUR WELCOME (ditto ;)) for all the cookie variations – I am just kind of bored with people writing ‘add in anything of your choice’ – totally need more creativity ;)
I am so glad you enjoyed all versions :D
And it was my pleasure – you deserve being such a fabulous blogger – can’t wait to see who you pass along to :)

Howdy! Got a kick out of your monstrous sized reply :) I finally finished my “pass it on” post up & running today, AND named you as a Sunshine Award winner as well. (What goes around, comes around — even if it’s half-way around the world!)

By the way, my kids’ favorite “rice krispie treat” (when they were youngsters and I was 12, ha ha! — make that closer to 34… twenty years ago!) involved a serious over-load of M & M’s (generally the peanut butter kind), plus butterscotchy/chocolately/peanut buttery frosting on top. The more, the merrier! M & M’s are SOOOOO adaptable. :)

That is so cool – I saw the post though yet have to comment :D
And thank you soo much for the award I appreciate you thinking of me in such a happy way :):):)
And your rice krispie treats sound to die for – so much goodness in each bite might just kill me (in the good way ;))
And I agree – the more M&Ms the better the treat, whatever it may be :):)
Thanks again!